928
FNUS74 KMOB 182018
FWSMOB
SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO BB 8301NORTH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
318 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1551 CDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
...LOW DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 20 EXPECTED REST OF TODAY OVER THE
BURN AREA...
DISCUSSION
DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE BURN SITE TODAY
AND TOMORROW. FOR THE REST OF TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS NEAR 20%, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT AND
VARIABLE, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GENERALLY POOR TO FAIR.
FOR THURSDAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 30%, TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY, AND DISPERSION
VALUES WILL BE GOOD.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG IS NOT EXPECTED.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...1189-1311 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 3
TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.WEST 1 TO 2 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....20.
LVORI...............2.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
TIME (CDT) 3 PM 5 PM
SKY (%).........52 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0
TEMP............64 65
RH..............21 24
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6
MIX HGT (FT)....3900 4300
MIX HGT (M).....1190 1310
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE WSW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3
TRANS WIND DIR..NE WSW
TRANS SPD (M/S).1 1
DISPERSION IDX..17 20
LVORI...........2 2
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...61-1311 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 1 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....26 DECREASING TO 3.
LVORI...............4.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........13 20 4 14 18 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 56 48 45 45 43
RH..............28 42 63 73 73 82
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SSW SSW SSW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 6 3 3
MIX HGT (FT)....4300 300 300 300 300 200
MIX HGT (M).....1310 90 90 90 90 60
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW S SSW SSW SSW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 7 7 7 6 3
TRANS WIND DIR..SSW S SSW SSW SSW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).2 3 3 3 3 1
DISPERSION IDX..26 3 3 3 2 2
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 4 5
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...61-1737 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 10 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.WEST 1 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 71.
LVORI...............3.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........7 12 18 8 4 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 46 59 67 73 75
RH..............79 76 57 40 31 31
20 FT WIND DIR..WSW SW SW SW WSW WSW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 3 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 9 10 10
MIX HGT (FT)....200 300 1200 3300 4800 5700
MIX HGT (M).....60 90 370 1010 1460 1740
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 2 6 7 9 10
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W
TRANS SPD (M/S).2 1 3 3 4 4
DISPERSION IDX..2 3 8 30 53 73
LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1
FORECASTER...96
REQUESTED BY...JODY ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606161.1/MOB
.DELDT 03/18/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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